Indifference is gunpowder

Shyann 2022-11-20 11:09:08

It's really an amazingly expressive film, with a gentle temperament and a cohesive plot. It is slowly driven by the plot and gradually wins. One is the luxurious mansion of the aristocracy, and the other is the silence of the bottom market, but it is not as simple as the contradiction of the class. It can be said that the root of the contradiction comes from the dehumanization caused by the social system, and even the alienation of human nature. They don't understand or communicate with each other, they don't want to be in their position, and they don't trust and care about each other. The hidden conflicts are accumulating little by little, and they urgently need to find a breakthrough. Indifference, indifference, you are a gentle accusation, you are an invisible stagger, you are a cold sickle, you are silent despair. The film is an inevitable tragedy caused by a realistic background and accidental coincidence, and it is also a side manifestation of the law of social inhumanity.

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La Cérémonie quotes

  • Georges Lelievre: [referring, respectively, to Sophie the illiterate maid and Jeanne the nosy postal clerk] What a pair: one can't read at all, and the other reads our mail.

  • Man at Melinda's birthday party: Speaking of quotes, I have one that's less famous, but quite troubling. "There are aspects of good people I find loathsome, least of all the evil within them."

    Woman at Melinda's birthday party: My God... Who said that?

    Georges Lelievre: Nietzsche.